A collection of twenty-five odes by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in which he offers praise to common objects such as a table, guitar, cat, soap, tea, and french fries; presented in Spanish with English translations on facing pages.
Presents a collection of Keret's short stories that are humorous yet at the same time tragic that focus on the society and beleaguered young men in modern Israel.
Contains selections from eighteen major works by Christine de Pizan, Europe's first professional woman writer, presented in contemporary translation with annotations, and includes an introduction, and seven critical analyses.
A collection of nine short fiction stories by nineteenth-century French author Guy de Maupassant, including the title work in which a woman and her husband, having worked ten years to replace a borrowed diamond necklace which they lost, learn the irony of their efforts.
Translates Goethe's 1774 novel in which a young artist falls for a young married woman and takes drastic measures to relieve the misery of his unrequited love.
Contains English translations of the complete poems of fifteenth-century Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, better known for his accomplishments in sculpture, painting, and architecture.
